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Abstract A 75-year-old man presented to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for a second opinion following a mechanical fall with trauma sustained to the right eye, resulting in a ruptured globe one month prior. Examination revealed 20/LP vision, no APD, normal IOP, and full extra ocular movements. The ant…

Abstract A 77-year-old female with a history of vitritis of unknown origin and two non-diagnostic vitrectomies presented with a white plaque on the posterior capsule of her left eye after being lost to follow up for several years. Repeat vitrectomy confirmed the suspected diagnosis of primary vitre…

Abstract A 50-year-old female with previous history of sickle cell disease of unknown type presented with a vitreous hemorrhage in the left eye. Subsequent follow up revealed Stage 3 proliferative sickle cell retinopathy (PSR) in the right eye and Stage 5 PSR in the left eye with an associated mixe…

Abstract A 54-year-old Hispanic male presented with decreased vision in the right eye over 3 months. Dilated fundus exam of the right eye showed a geographic area of chorioretinal alteration in the far temporal periphery at 9 o’clock, a gliovascular retinal mass superiorly at 12 o’clock with su…

Abstract A 61-year-old female with longstanding left sixth nerve palsy secondary to meningioma that was resected. Her visual acuity OD was 20/20, OS 20/40. Her traction testing OS revealed severe restriction to abduction. She had visual confusion with superimposition of the images that was botherso…

Abstract A 15-year-old male presented with elevated intraocular pressure of the left eye. Gonioscopy revealed blood in Schlemm’s canal. Fundoscopic examination and subsequent ophthalmic imaging confirmed a diagnosis of glaucoma in the left eye. Neuro-imaging was normal without signs of vascular a…

Abstract We present a 71-year-old male patient with multiple pterygium resection surgeries on the left eye and one on the right eye. Referred to BPEI with progressive horizontal diplopia on lateral gaze for seven months. On ocular examination revealed 20/60 vision in the left eye, restriction levov…

Abstract A 68-year-old male with restrictive strabismus and Brown syndrome with extraocular movement restriction secondary to TED. He was on clinical trial for Teprotumumab 302 and had prior RAI ablation. His visual acuity OD is 20/20, OS 20/20. He had limitation elevation of the left eye in adduct…

Abstract A 61-year-old male referred after complicated cataract extraction surgery (phacoemulsification). On exam he was found to have a large piece of retained nuclear fragment in the inferior vitreous. He underwent PPV along with lens exchange with anterior chamber IOL placement. He subsequently …

In this module, we will look at:




Anatomy of the Retina, Vitreous, and Choroid


Imaging in the Retina


Age-Related Macular Degeneration


Central Retinal Vein Occlusion


Central Retina Artery Occlusion


Retinal Tears / Detachments


Retinitis Pigmentosa

Abstract A 56-year-old man referred to the BPEI for intermediate uveitis and retinal vasculitis. Examination revealed 20/25 vision in both eyes and trace vitreous cells in both eyes. Ocular coherence tomography showed no macular edema. Fluorescein angiogram showed retinal vasculitis in both eyes. P…

Abstract 82-year-old female presented to BPEI from the Cayman Islands with 3 weeks of floaters and decreased vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was hand motion and posterior exam revealed vitreous hemorrhage, submacular hemorrhage, and a retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM) superotemporally in …

Abstract A 44-year-old man and 19-year-old man, neither with initially disclosed medical history, present with severe vision loss one eye. Both patients have findings consistent with retinal detachment associated with proliferative retinopathy in the effected eye and findings consistent with prolif…

Abstract A 51-year-old female who presents to the uveitis clinic for evaluation of progressive vision loss of both eyes. Patient was referred after a complete infectious and non-infectious uveitis lab workup which was negative. Retinal vasculitis with abnormal choroidal filling pattern were detecte…

Abstract An 19-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the right eye and was found to have a retinal detachment. She had a history of retinopathy of prematurity as an infant and had been treated with laser photocoagulation. Treatment for retinopathy of prematurity in the current environme…

Abstract A 65-year-old male with diabetic retinopathy and CME presented to the BPEI retina clinic for continued management of his chronic ocular condition. His care was complicated by an inability to submit to ocular examinations in the clinic (due to psychological factors), thus requiring frequent…

Abstract A 41-year-old male international patient presented to BPEI 2 months after the initial injury with persistent redness and decreased vision. Clinical exam revealed scleral melt and ischemia and the patient was started on medical treatment and scheduled for urgent tenoplasty to heal his scler…

Abstract A 34-year-old male presents for corneal evaluation with progressive decline in vision in both eyes associated with pain, redness and discharge. The patient’s past medical history is notable for a cerebellar cyst that was removed at age 21 and placement of a ventricular-atrial shunt for a…

Abstract Post-injection sterile endophthalmitis is an acute intraocular inflammation of the vitreous cavity that resolves without the need of intravitreal antibiotics and/or vitreoretinal surgery. Differentiating between infectious and sterile endopthalmitis is often difficult and no particular sig…

Abstract A 10-year-old female was referred to the clinic for strabismus evaluation. She had a complex past ocular history including a congenital cataract OD s/p CE/IOL OD at 8 weeks old, RXT s/p RLR recession and RMR resection, IOL dislocation s/p PPV/lensectomy, aphakic glaucoma s/p inferonasal BG…